Tejun Heo d0985394e7 block: Revert "[SCSI] genhd: add a new attribute "alias" in gendisk" ... This reverts commit a72c5e5eb7. The commit introduced alias for block devices which is intended to be used during logging although actual usage hasn't been committed yet. This approach adds very limited benefit (raw log might be easier to follow) which can be trivially implemented in userland but has a lot of problems. It is much worse than netif renames because it doesn't rename the actual device but just adds conveninence name which isn't used universally or enforced. Everything internal including device lookup and sysfs still uses the internal name and nothing prevents two devices from using conflicting alias - ie. sda can have sdb as its alias. This has been nacked by people working on device driver core, block layer and kernel-userland interface and shouldn't have been upstreamed. Revert it. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1155104 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/68632 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.scsi/69776 Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> Cc: Nao Nishijima <nao.nishijima.xt@hitachi.com> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>		2011-11-10 09:03:55 +01:00
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ABI	block: Revert "[SCSI] genhd: add a new attribute "alias" in gendisk"	2011-11-10 09:03:55 +01:00
DocBook	Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6	2011-11-07 09:11:16 -08:00
PCI	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
RCU	rcu: Document interpretation of RCU-lockdep splats	2011-09-28 21:38:28 -07:00
accounting	…
acpi	ACPI, APEI, EINJ Param support is disabled by default	2011-08-03 11:15:59 -04:00
aoe	…
arm	Merge branch 'next/deletion' of git+ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/linux-arm-soc	2011-07-25 12:43:28 -07:00
auxdisplay	…
blackfin	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
block	Documentation: drop as block elevator reference in switching-sched.txt	2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
blockdev	cciss: Adds simple mode functionality	2011-08-08 11:40:15 +02:00
cdrom	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cgroups	Documentation: update cgroups notes	2011-11-04 12:01:46 -07:00
connector	…
console	…
cpu-freq	Fix documentation and comment typo 'no_hz'	2011-08-08 18:55:59 +02:00
cpuidle	…
cris	…
crypto	…
development-process	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
device-mapper	dm log userspace: fix comment hyphens	2011-10-31 20:21:22 +00:00
devicetree	Merge git://git.infradead.org/mtd-2.6	2011-11-07 09:11:16 -08:00
driver-model	docs/driver-model: Update device class docs	2011-08-24 16:01:24 -07:00
dvb	[media] update az6027 firmware URL	2011-10-14 10:29:45 -03:00
early-userspace	…
fault-injection	fault-injection: update documentation with the mmc module param	2011-10-26 16:32:13 -04:00
fb	udlfb: Enable fbcon access to framebuffer by default	2011-08-24 10:12:38 +00:00
filesystems	Documentation: HFS is orphaned	2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
firmware_class	…
frv	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
hid	…
hwmon	hwmon: (w83627ehf) Add support for the W83627UHG	2011-11-04 12:00:48 +01:00
i2c	i2c: Functions for byte-swapped smbus_write/read_word_data	2011-10-30 13:47:25 +01:00
i2o	…
ia64	…
ide	…
infiniband	…
input	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input	2011-10-27 08:44:20 +02:00
ioctl	ioctl: register LTTng ioctl	2011-09-12 11:50:56 -07:00
isdn	…
ja_JP	Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6	2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
kbuild	…
kdump	…
ko_KR	…
laptops	Documentation: thinkpad-acpi grammo fixes	2011-11-04 12:01:47 -07:00
leds	Documentation: fix leds-class.txt duplicated word	2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
m68k	Documentation: add pointer to name_to_dev_t for root= values	2011-08-03 14:25:21 -10:00
make	…
mips	…
misc-devices	…
mmc	mmc: documentation of mmc non-blocking request usage and design.	2011-07-21 10:34:52 -04:00
mn10300	…
mtd	…
namespaces	…
netlabel	…
networking	ipvs: Enhance grammar used to refer to Kconfig options	2011-11-01 09:19:45 +01:00
nfc	…
parisc	…
pcmcia	…
power	PM / Runtime: Automatically retry failed autosuspends	2011-11-04 22:28:14 +01:00
powerpc	…
pps	…
prctl	…
pti	…
ptp	…
rapidio	RapidIO: documentation update	2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
s390	[S390] remove tape block docu	2011-07-24 10:48:22 +02:00
scheduler	sched: Add documentation for bandwidth control	2011-08-14 12:03:58 +02:00
scsi	Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6	2011-10-28 16:44:18 -07:00
security	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
serial	Documentation: Computone ip2 is orphaned	2011-11-04 12:01:48 -07:00
sh	…
sound	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tiwai/sound	2011-10-28 14:25:01 -07:00
sparc	…
spi	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
sysctl	kernel/sysctl.c: add cap_last_cap to /proc/sys/kernel	2011-10-31 17:30:53 -07:00
target	…
telephony	…
thermal	…
timers	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
trace	mm: change isolate mode from #define to bitwise type	2011-10-31 17:30:44 -07:00
usb	Merge branch 'pm-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm	2011-10-25 15:18:39 +02:00
vDSO	…
video4linux	[media] gspca - zc3xx: New webcam 03f0:1b07 HP Premium Starter Cam	2011-09-23 23:31:12 -03:00
virtual	Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://github.com/richardweinberger/linux	2011-11-02 09:45:39 -07:00
vm	Merge branches 'slab/next' and 'slub/partial' into slab/for-linus	2011-10-26 18:09:12 +03:00
w1	…
watchdog	Documentation: watchdog: add guide how to convert drivers to new framework	2011-11-05 21:25:16 +01:00
wimax	…
x86	x86-64, doc: Remove int 0xcc from entry_64.S documentation	2011-08-16 08:04:08 -07:00
zh_CN	remove the messy code file Documentation/zh_CN/SubmitChecklist	2011-09-26 16:18:41 -07:00
.gitignore	…
00-INDEX	Documentation: add Ramoops usage description	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
BUG-HUNTING	…
Changes	…
CodingStyle	Documentation: update CodingStyle use of braces	2011-11-04 12:01:47 -07:00
DMA-API-HOWTO.txt	Documentation/DMA-API-HOWTO.txt: fix misleading example	2011-07-26 16:49:45 -07:00
DMA-API.txt	include/linux/dma-mapping.h: add dma_zalloc_coherent()	2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
DMA-ISA-LPC.txt	…
DMA-attributes.txt	…
HOWTO	…
IPMI.txt	…
IRQ-affinity.txt	…
IRQ.txt	…
Intel-IOMMU.txt	…
Makefile	…
ManagementStyle	…
SAK.txt	…
SM501.txt	…
SecurityBugs	…
SubmitChecklist	Documentation/SubmitChecklist: add RCU debug config options	2011-07-25 20:57:17 -07:00
SubmittingDrivers	Documentation: SubmittingDrivers: fix Linus's git tree URL	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
SubmittingPatches	Documentation: fix spelling error in SubmittingPatches	2011-08-13 18:34:02 -07:00
VGA-softcursor.txt	…
applying-patches.txt	…
atomic_ops.txt	…
bad_memory.txt	…
basic_profiling.txt	…
binfmt_misc.txt	…
braille-console.txt	…
bt8xxgpio.txt	…
btmrvl.txt	…
bus-virt-phys-mapping.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
cachetlb.txt	…
circular-buffers.txt	…
coccinelle.txt	…
cpu-hotplug.txt	…
cpu-load.txt	…
cputopology.txt	…
dcdbas.txt	…
debugging-modules.txt	…
debugging-via-ohci1394.txt	…
dell_rbu.txt	…
devices.txt	…
dmaengine.txt	Improve slave/cyclic DMA engine documentation	2011-07-27 20:33:48 +05:30
dontdiff	…
dynamic-debug-howto.txt	…
edac.txt	…
eisa.txt	…
email-clients.txt	Documentation: email-clients: Add better Thunderbird information	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
feature-removal-schedule.txt	sysctl: make CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL default to n	2011-11-02 16:07:02 -07:00
flexible-arrays.txt	…
futex-requeue-pi.txt	…
gcov.txt	…
gpio.txt	…
highuid.txt	…
hw_random.txt	…
hwspinlock.txt	hwspinlock/core: register a bank of hwspinlocks in a single API call	2011-09-21 19:45:34 +03:00
init.txt	…
initrd.txt	…
intel_txt.txt	…
io-mapping.txt	…
io_ordering.txt	…
iostats.txt	…
irqflags-tracing.txt	…
isapnp.txt	…
java.txt	…
kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt	…
kernel-docs.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
kernel-parameters.txt	Merge branch 'akpm' (Andrew's incoming)	2011-10-31 17:46:07 -07:00
kmemcheck.txt	…
kmemleak.txt	…
kobject.txt	…
kprobes.txt	…
kref.txt	…
ldm.txt	…
local_ops.txt	…
lockdep-design.txt	…
lockstat.txt	…
logo.gif	…
logo.txt	…
magic-number.txt	…
mca.txt	…
md.txt	md: update documentation for md/rdev/state sysfs interface	2011-07-28 11:31:48 +10:00
media-framework.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-barriers.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
memory-hotplug.txt	…
memory.txt	…
mono.txt	…
mutex-design.txt	…
nmi_watchdog.txt	…
nommu-mmap.txt	…
numastat.txt	…
oops-tracing.txt	module,bug: Add TAINT_OOT_MODULE flag for modules not built in-tree	2011-11-07 07:54:42 +10:30
padata.txt	…
parport-lowlevel.txt	…
parport.txt	…
pi-futex.txt	…
pinctrl.txt	drivers: create a pin control subsystem	2011-10-13 12:49:17 +02:00
pnp.txt	…
preempt-locking.txt	…
printk-formats.txt	…
prio_tree.txt	…
ramoops.txt	Documentation: add Ramoops usage description	2011-08-13 18:34:03 -07:00
rbtree.txt	Documentation: Update augmented rbtree documentation	2011-07-24 10:03:05 -07:00
rfkill.txt	doc: fix broken references	2011-09-27 18:08:04 +02:00
robust-futex-ABI.txt	…
robust-futexes.txt	…
rt-mutex-design.txt	…
rt-mutex.txt	…
rtc.txt	…
serial-console.txt	…
sgi-ioc4.txt	…
sgi-visws.txt	…
sparse.txt	…
spinlocks.txt	…
stable_api_nonsense.txt	…
stable_kernel_rules.txt	Update email address for stable patch submission	2011-10-18 13:58:59 -07:00
svga.txt	…
sysfs-rules.txt	…
sysrq.txt	…
unaligned-memory-access.txt	…
unicode.txt	…
unshare.txt	…
vgaarbiter.txt	…
video-output.txt	…
volatile-considered-harmful.txt	…
workqueue.txt	…
xz.txt	…
zorro.txt	…